I was in labor for 6 days in the UK. I went to the hospital when I couldn’t take the pain any more...and was sent away to ‘labor at home’ because they didn’t have a bed available and I hadn’t ‘dilated’ enough. They didn’t even bother with Pitocin. Baby and I almost died at the birth.
I have too many horror stories about the UK system.
I own a business in the UK. My employees pay 50% of their wages in taxes in one form or another. But their health care is “free.”
Worse every UK citizen is assigned a primary physician. They are not permitted to change the physician, get a second opinion or get services outside the system. We have found that a growing number of physicians are from third world countries such as Pakistan, and they are borderline competent to treat your pets. It is a disaster, and it is common for people to forego treatment altogether because the treatment may be worse than the cure.
It seems to me that before we go plunging into this sea change in medical care, that we explore how other countries have fared under the same model. If we look at the facts of how nationalized health care has served citizens of other countries we would fix this one rather that allow our government to take it over. If this is done we can never go back.
We will yearn for the good old days within a short time.
THE GOVERNMENT CONTROLS HEALTH CARE COSTS BY LIMITING THE PRODUCT!